380th Auction

1886, 4 a. red, complete double sheet with 10 stamps in 5 gutter pairs, also single sheet of 5

1886  4a red on wove paper perf 12 double sheet two upright impressions of the complete sheet of five. Double sheets of this issue are extremely rare.

1902, unissued Nawab Sir Rasulkhanji  4 a. black, plate proof pair on chalk surfaced carton, with wrong nagri inscription "ANNO" instead of "ANNA", printed by E. Crowl & Co., Baltimore. 

1913, Three pies on 3 p. green on toned wove paper, cpl. sheet of 20, used, partly split

1913 3p on 1a emerald-green complete sheet of 20 with error stamps imperforate, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £4750)

1914, 3 p. green on wove paper three sheets (2 imperf.) with different sheet border ornaments, unused

1914, 3 p. green, imperf., complete sheet of 20 stamps, folded twice, otherwise fine

3 p. green, imperforated horizontally, cpl. sheet of 20, unused, very fine and rare

1914, 3 p. green on laid paper, imperf., cpl. sheet of 20, unused

1923, 1 a. red on laid paper, complete  sheet of 16

The unique copy of the sunken Die Proof of the 1a unadopted design. ISES certificate

1924  3p mauve on wove paper complete sheet of 16 with error stamps imperforate, certificate ISES 2021 (SG value £2400)

1949, POSTAGE & REVENUE ONE ANNA in red on ½ a., variety 'Surcharge double', unused without gum, very rare in this condition. Certificate ISES (2022)

1949  1a purple part sheet of 20 with error "T" in "POSTAGE" omitted on stamp pos. R2/1, small "N" in "REVENUE" pos. R2/3, small "V" in "REVENUE" pos. R3/4 and small "O" in "POSTAGE" pos. R4/3

1949, SAURASHTRA 1 a. with POSTAGE omitted, used, fine, Certificate ISES (2022)

1950  1a on 3p black & blackish-green with error, surcharge double. Not listed in SG. ISES certificate

1950, 1 a. on 3 p. with heavily shifted surcharge , marginal block of four, unused, two copies unmounted mint

1901 two covers addressed to the Nawab, one large-size mourning cover from the Viceroy and the cover from the Secretary of State for India at London, some age marks

1948, 1 a. on 3 a. with variety "thick E", used, very fine and rare, Certificate ISES (2022)

1 a. on 8 a. with variety"ONE ANNE" , lightly used on piece, some minor creasing, still very fine, very scarce, Certificate ISES (2022)

1 a. on 8 a. with variety"ONE ANNN" , lightly used, very fine and very scarce, Certificate ISES (2022)

1879 Essay for the original Conch shell design in greenish-blue, one of three known, certificate ISES 2021.

1941  7ch blue compound perf (12½x13) complete sheet of 112 overprinted "SERVICE".A spectacular complete sheet of this very scarce stamp (SG value £7280)

A group of four complete sheets (SG 65d, 73e, O96e & O97) (SG value £3119)

1943  3/4ch surcharged "8 CASH" complete sheet of 112 perf 12½ all around except the bottom four rows perf 12 resulting in 32 stamps with compound perf (SG value £992)

1902,  5 cash reply postcard with perforations on top surcharged "FOUR CASH" in violet. According to Deschl three unused examples  and no used examples of this card have been recorded

1949,  6 ca blackish violet perf. 14 surcharged "TWO PIES", unpriced in SG

1949, 1 ch green perf. 14 surcharged "HALF ANNA", unpriced in SG

A group of six complete sheets (SG 1d, 6a, 10, 11, O8c & O16) in mixed condition with various degrees of toning (SG value £2450)

1888/94, thin toned wove paper, irregular small holes, ½ p. in complete sheet of 42 stamps, unused with o.g., very scarce

1895, $2.00 green/red, used with fiscal cds., watermark Crown CC inverted, slightly faded otherwise very fine and rare, with 2019 RPSL certificate

1916, Shipwreck of St. Paul before Malta 10 sh. black, fresh color and good perforation, unused with the barest trace of hinging, very fine copy of this key stamp, signed

1854/57, POST PAID intermediate impression, 1 d. bright vermilion, pos.1, clear at upper right, otherwise good margins, tiny scatch in neck overpainted by black ink, otherwise very fine and fresh.

1854/57, POST PAID intermediate impression, 2 d. blue, pos.11, clear to good margins, tiny thin in the left margin, otherwise very fine and fresh.

1879/80,  8 c. blue, used with central clear "B65" of Rodrigez, vf

FIRST DAY FLIGHT TIMARU-KARACHI-LONDON: 1930, 1d., 2½d. and 9d. tied by cds. "TIMARU -1 JL 30 NZ" to a registered envelope to Riga, Lettonia, typewritten "Via Karachi-London Air Mail Service", adjacent framed "First Day of New Zealands connection with the Karachi-London Air Mail Service. 1st. July.1930" and two-line "Nav pieprasita Non réclamé.", reverse transit mark and arrival cds. "RIGA 12 VIII 30" where the mail was returned to the sender, very fine and scarce